Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside his partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He wears his white hair down. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his top brown hat.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Human conditions. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 300 gp. Hematite (14 gp). 3 Holy water. 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with tan colored cloaks and clothing. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He keeps his blonde hair in a pixie cut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of goblins once and for all.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy, Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 50 gp. Silver pearl (60 gp). 2 Holy water.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His head has been shaved. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Ruler business.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 150 gp. Coral (150 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times and is in decent physical shape. His golden hair is matted, messy, and big. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Brewer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 240 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He usually wears his black robe and has his monstrous two handed axe always slung over his shoulder. He has moderate length silver hair. He has a dull look in his red eyes.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Layabout for hire.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Impulsive, Racist. Bonds: Nature, Military, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman wears an entirely tan suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is a great chef.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered east to less war torn lands. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She has done her best to style her bronze crest to look like a famous performer. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. Blendaeth liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Coral (110 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. He has a blonde handlebar mustache and slicked back blonde hair. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: Born to a Banker, his father struggled to pay the bills. He worked as a nervous Miner and found it very stressful. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1000 cp.